Area of research
Immunology · Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Research interest
Research focused on Immune system and Microplastics, with related work in Zebrafish, Bottlenose dolphin, Dicentrarchus. Notable publications include 'Microplastics induce transcriptional changes, immune response and behavioral alterations in adult zebrafish', 'Accelerated Tumor Progression in Mice Lacking the ATP Receptor P2X7', and 'Effects of microplastics on head kidney gene expression and enzymatic biomarkers in adult zebrafish'.
Microplastic ingestion affects the lateralised processing of predator stimuli in fish
Does Microplastic Ingestion Affect Cognition and Brain Gene Expression in Zebrafish, <i>Danio rerio</i> ?
Sorbed environmental contaminants increase the harmful effects of microplastics in adult zebrafish, Danio rerio
PML at mitochondria-associated membranes governs a trimeric complex with NLRP3 and P2X7R that modulates the tumor immune microenvironment
Effects of microplastics on head kidney gene expression and enzymatic biomarkers in adult zebrafish
Skin distress associated with xenobiotics exposure: An epigenetic study in the Mediterranean fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Microplastics induce transcriptional changes, immune response and behavioral alterations in adult zebrafish
Isolation and phenotyping of potential stem cells from the umbilical cord of the bottlenose dolphin(Tursiops truncatus)
Water Oxygen Content Affects Distribution of T and B Lymphocytes in Lymphoid Tissues of Farmed Sea Bass (Dicentrarchus Labrax)
Muscle fiber diameter assessment in cleft lip using image processing
The chronicles of the contaminated Mediterranean seas: a story told by the cetaceans' skin genes
Transcriptomic analysis of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) skin biopsies to assess the effects of emerging contaminants
Developmental Biology of Teleost Lymphocytes
Accelerated Tumor Progression in Mice Lacking the ATP Receptor P2X7
MHC II-β chain gene expression studies define the regional organization of the thymus in the developing bony fish Dicentrarchus labrax (L.)
Microarray applications to understand the impact of exposure to environmental contaminants in wild dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
XVth scientific meeting of the Italian Association of Developmental and Comparative Immunobiology (IADCI), 12 - 14 February 2014, Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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Immune modulatory effects of Aloe arborescens extract on the piscine SAF-1 cell line
Innovative vaccination protocol against vibriosis in Dicentrarchus labrax (L.) juveniles: Improvement of immune parameters and protection to challenge